Bottle carrier



R. COTTREL BOTTLE CARRIER May 13, 1952 Filed May 5, 1948 Il||r|||||\,.vu III?. 6 du 1 lllll 1,/ l ll 0 :lllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIHT 9.7 w qv/7 l m7 lf fo Patented May 13, 1952 UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE lBDTJYIQIiE CARRIER Ralph CottreL Dayton, Ohio, lass'ignor lo om.hthird to August L. Pachin` and ione-third Yto .Franklinh l.lfachim bothrof Daytomghio Application May 1948:,v 'Serial No. 125.2395

1 .4 Claims.

My invention relates `to Icarriers vforfbottles and other articles oflike nature, andparticularly for use in carrying bottlescontaining-soit-d-rinksand other beverages, such as beer.

My novel bottle carrier has man-y advantages, such as being very compactwhenA empty,` thus requiring very little storage space 4since it may beeither rolled or folded into a small lunit.

Another Very important advantage is that, `due to my novel neck-forming`feature. it securely holds the bottles so that they cannot fall `out ofthe carrier, regardless of the position -of the carrier while it isbeing transportedlby a lperson or after it has been laid downor setdown.

It is extremely handy `for cooling drinks because the carrier withthebottles therein may "ne placed in a creek or spring water vpool when onoutings or picnics.

My carrier has excellent wearingvqualities because I prefer to make .itof 4a heavy canvas or ducking material.

Therefore, it is an object of Lmy invention to produce a novel bottlecarrier, compact -wl'ien empty and not bulky when iilled `with bottles.

Another object is to provide a `bottle Icarrier having bottlecompartments `or pockets formed so as to readily .adapt themselves .to'the contour of the bottles, including Ithe tapered heck-s 'of thebottles.

A further object of my invention `isto :provide a bottle carrier made of4two pieces :of pliable, limp material `sewed together .at .their ends,4and having compartments or pockets formed between the two pieces ofmaterial by sewed seams.

A still further object is the provision of a novel bottle carrier of thetype just above mentioned wherein the pockets are tapered .at one end tomake them form fitting .for taper-.neck bottles to prevent them fromslipping out of the carrier, whether the carrier is being carried byeither end alone or by both ends together.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel bottle carrier of.the typerabove mentioned, with carrying handles, .one at each end Vofthe carrier, such handles being securely sewed between the two pieces ofmaterial.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a type of bottlecarrier with pockets or compartments made by sewed seams, and to alsoprovide a blank space between the two center pockets so that when thecarrier is picked up by both handles the bottles will be in two groupsside by side with the bottles in each group, one above the other invertical fashion.

With these and other incidental objects in View,

'Otsaidedr-awings: Fig. 1 isa flat side view of my novelbottle carrier,showing the end seams and -how the handles are sewed in between fthemain 4pieces of material, and tur-ther shows the seams formingthe-:pockets and the neck-forming seams.

Fig. 2.shows lanfedge View of the carrier, 4empty Iand'linposition-to'be picked up by both handles.

Fig. I3 shows'an edge view of the carrier, partly broken-away, withbottles therein, and position to be picked up by one handle only.

VEig. 4 shows an edge View of the carrier with .bottles therein, and inthe position it assumes when it `is .picked vupby both of the handles.

Fig. 5 showsa `fragmentary section of the bottle carrier and illustrateshow the -form tting tapered `neck conforms `to the contour of Athebottle neck.

Fig. vv6 isa fragmentary detail, shown lin sec- Ltion .on line 56%6 ofEig. 11 to show the hemmed edges otf .the two pieces of material, Ywhich'hemmed .edges .areron' one sideonly of the lbottle carrier.

Detailed description As shown in the drawings `my "bottle carriercomprises two identical sheets I0, made of a pliable A'limp material,preferably of canvas.` or heavy ducking material.

Each o f the ends of the sheets l0 have turned in hems il, and Athe endsof the sheets l0 vare sewed together vby seams l2. Handles i3 `areplaced in Ibetween thehemmed edges as shown in Figs. 1 and V2, and arestitched securely to the sheets Ill.

my `illustrated form I 'have shown eight seams 14 to form `sii; pocketsor compartments t5. Aswill be noticed from Fig. 1 a blankspace |26provided between the two center .seams 1'4 to Vallowenough material -for`the 'carrierfto assume the shape Ashown Vin Fig. '4 when saidc'arrieris full of bottles and is picked up by both of the handles I3.

On one of the long sides of the sheets lil, as shown in Fig. 1 saidsheets are provided with turned in hems H, see also Fig. 6, sewed byseams it. These hems l1 provide strength for the carrier and preventstretching of the sheets I along this side of the carrier Where thebottles are inserted.

Each of the pockets I5 is provided with a neck-forming tapered sectionby seams 2D.

These seams 20 begin above the center of the sheets I and taper towardsone another as said seams approach the outer edges of the sheets I0. Itwill be noticed that the main or straight seams I4 extend across theentire width of the carrier sheets I0. These seams I4 by extendingacross the entire width of the bottle carrier prevent that section ofthe carrier between the smallest ends of the pockets from stretching outof shape and thereby tends to make for better tting of the neck-formingsections of the pockets I around the bottle necks.

In Fig. 1 there are no bottles and therefore, the pockets I5 appearwider because the carrier is here shown iiattened out, but in Figs. 3, 4and 5 the carrier is shown with bottles in the pockets I5. The bottlesare designated 22 and whenV they are put in the carrier they'are put infrom the side having the seams I1 and pushed into the pockets until thetapered sections formed I.by the seams 20 conform to the shapes of thebottle necks. Thus the tapered neck-forming sections of the pockets I5grip the bottles and prevent them from slipping out of the carrierregardless of the position in which the carrier is carried. Y

When carried by one handle I3 the carrier looks like that shown in Fig.3. When carried by both of the handles I3 the carrier'assumes the Yformshown in Fig. 4. In this gure can be seen the advantage of the blanksection I6,

as it permits the bottles to stackvthemselves when the carrier is pickedup by both of the handles I3.

From the above description it can be clearly seen that my bottle carrieris not only novel, but that it is a very convenient way to carry severalbottles, in a small compact case, and

lthat it has a high utility v-alue.

Furthermore, and as stated at the outset of my specification, inaddition to my carrier being compact. and easy to carry when loaded withbottles, due to its construction and the kind of material out of vwhichit is made, it is not necessary to remove thebottles from the carrierwhen placing the bottles in a creek or a spring water pool to cool thecontents of the bottles, since the entire-carrier may be deposited withthe bottles therein.

Asstated before I prefer to make my carrier out of a good grade ofcanvas or heavy ducking material, to give durability and long wear tothe carrier.

However I do not wish to limit my invention to the use of the abovestated materials, as other types of materials, so long as they arepliable and limp can be used without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

While the form of my invention herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat I do not wish to limit my invention to the one preferred form whichI have illustrated for it is susceptible of other forms, all comingwithin the scope of the claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of sheets of pliable materialsewed together at their short ends, and having a handle sewed betweensaid ends, and being provided with a plurality of pockets for thereception of bottles, said pockets being formed by seams across thesheets, two of said seams 'forming a non-pocket area and one side ofeach of the two center pockets, the pockets on Veither side of saidnon-pocket area being adjacent each other, and tapered seams securingthe sheets together in said pockets to form sections in the pockets toconform to and grip the tapered necks of the bottles whenV pushed intosaid pockets,

2. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of sheets of flexible, limpmaterial sewed together at their short ends. a handle sewed between theshort ends of the material at each end of the carrier, a plurality ofgroups of pockets formed by seams across said sheets, said groups ofpockets being separated by a blank space formed by one seam of each oftwo of said pockets, and tapered seams securing the sheets together insaid pockets at one end thereof' to form neck shaped sections in thepockets to conform with the tapered necks of the bottles whensaidbottles are inserted into the pockets.

3. A bottle carrier comprising two rectangular sheets of ilexiblematerial forming the body of the carrier and sewed together at theirshort ends,. and having a handle sewed between said sheets at each ofthe short ends thereof, a plurality of pockets formed by the sheets byhaving seams sewed across the sheets, a non-pocket area between the twocenter pockets, and tapered seams securing said sheets together in saidpockets to form neck-forming sections of said pockets to receive andgrip the tapered necks of the bottles when said bottles are insertedinto said pockets for carrying.

4. A bottle carrier comprising two rectangular sheets of iiexible limpmaterial forming the body of the carrier and secured together at theirshort ends, said sheets being hemmed along the long edges thereof, aplurality of groups of pockets formed by sewing seams across the shortwidths ofsaid sheets, a tapered section in each pocket formed by sewingtheA sheets together in said pockets, and a blank space formed by theseam of each of two pockets to form a bottom for the carrier between thegroups of pockets when the carrier is picked up by both handles.

RALPH COTTREL.

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